Sentence examples for a lay of from inspiring English sources

"I suspect it will take Congressman Flores a while to get a lay of the land, but he is definitely concerned with representing us well".

"We think getting a lay of the land beforehand may help us figure out how to reach a tipping point in the broad cultural context of climate change".

As they prep and role-play for their final debate, both candidates might do well to recruit Mr. Huntsman to get a lay of the land on China.

In "Moby-Dick," Ishmael takes a lay of 1/300, but this is a joke; even a completely green hand was rarely offered less than 1/200, and Melville himself got 1/175 the first time he went whaling.

"I was out here yesterday morning getting a lay of the land, and I came across these two Cuban guys who had made their own stove, and they gave me lunch," said Shamim Momin, the curator who conceived the show.

I've been focused on getting a lay of the land and building relationships.

A special consideration is the development of a lay version of the recommendations for patients.

"I need to get a better lay of the land," he said.

It is not definitive, but it gives a good lay of the land.

There's a lay understanding of Macmillan.

She is also a lay trustee of the British Geriatrics Society.